Friday, April 27, 2012

Twinkies and Twizzlers

I'm feeling much better and I feel horrible I haven't posted that sooner. I'm up to my eyeballs getting ready for Craftopia tomorrow and I think busy is better. I think the planets are aligned for a great event. The weather will be nice, but not too nice and we made the #1 thing to do on the RI Monthly e-blast {so no scrolling down necessary to find us} which is great. More and more people seem to have heard about the show and that's really exciting... to have created something from nothing, and I continue to adore working with my partners on this, we're a great team and it's amusing what utterly different strengths {and weaknesses} we all bring to the table. We were lucky to find the right combo which is a big part of why the event is so successful and fun for everyone involved. It's a great feeling too, realizing that we're helping other local artists make money, even if only for two days a year. A labor of love is a good thing.

Not long ago, I was reading some on-line cancer message boards and folks were talking about what foods they were able to eat during chemo. For me it was matzo ball soup and cold wet fruits and vegetables like watermelon, cucumbers, cold hummus with lemon on toast, and of course crate after crate of beautiful, shiny clementines. In this discussion one person said all they craved were twinkies and pepsi so that's all they ate and the next ate only baloney sandwiches and twizzlers, and so on.

So what I've decided is these folks must make up a vast majority of the 35% with poor prognoses, add in the smokers, heavy drinkers, older folks with other health problems and me and my vitamix should be fine, it only seems fair, although "fair" doesn't have much to do with things does it?

My kids busted me on too many vegetables in the smoothies, I think the tomatoes gave me away, so I've cut back and yesterday's secret ingredient was watermelon rind, with just the outer green part cut off and they loved it, it really gave the drink a nice crisp flavor, almost like cucumber.

As for me, I've bought my first beet and I'm aiming for beet and spinach with a lot of lemon and ginger and probably strawberries and/or blackberries.

About Me

Kim Turner Clark is 48 years old and lives in Providence Rhode Island with her two sweetie boys and two pesty cats.
Kim is the fouder of LuckyBird Studio which produces handmade jewelry and accessories which combine craftsmanship with her love of color and shape.
Kim is also the founder of Rhody Craft, which sells a carefully curated, eclectic selection of locally handmade art and craft. Additionally, Rhody Craft produces the twice-yearly Craftopia {a super-duper day of indie art and craft} which celebrates all things local, unique and handmade.
Kim was two weeks away from getting divorced and starting a shiny new life when she was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer, it was not what she’d planned, and she would have much preferred to skip the entire experience. Not having a choice in the matter, however, she figured starting a blog was the best way to keep her community informed and to prevent her head from exploding.